Biology:Novodinia americana

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Short description: Species of starfish

Novodinia americana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Brisingida
Family: Brisingidae
Genus: Novodinia
Species:
N. americana
Binomial name
Novodinia americana
(Verrill, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Brisinga americana Verrill, 1880

Novodina americana is a species of starfish found of the coast of Greenland. A 2018 study of deep-water starfish species found that N. americana was both bioluminescent and, unexpectedly for an inhabitant of the aphotic zone, to have eyes that have among the highest resolutions found this far among starfish.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3268034 entry